Housing And Council Tax Benefit Current Claims
If you currently receive Housing or Council Tax benefit and there is a change in any of your personal circumstances, you must let us know as soon as possible. If you don't tell us about a change and we pay you too much benefit, you may have to pay it back.
You must tell us about the following changes:-
Changes to the money you get
Please tell us if:
- you start or stop getting Income Support or Job Seekers Allowance (income based)
- you start or stop getting Tax Credit
- the money you or your partner gets increases or decreases
- the money non-dependants get increases or decreases
- there are any other changes in the money people in your home get. For example, someone starts getting Disability Living Allowance
Changes in your home
Please tell us if:
- you change your address
- the number of people in your home changes - for example, someone has a baby
- a partner comes to live with you
- a partner leaves
- your private rent charges change
Other changes
Please tell us if:
- you, or your partner, go into hospital for more than 6 weeks
- you, or your partner, become a student, or stop being a student
- the amount of savings or capital you have changes
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